Saturday, May 27, 2017

He had no recourse but to proceed

                                                                                             Attribution: MLMM
Image: Branches (here)

the 12 given words:
breathe cold blue crack  limb seep
crimped (to check, restrain, or inhibit; hinder)
snapped grass stones overlapping season 

Whispers in the Willow Trees
That breathed hot and cold
Feeling blue he had dark designs
To crack his brains and to
pull out limb by limb

Some workable solutions
seemed to have seeped through
But like the bent branches some
crimped back from the efforts
and they snapped

The grass was greener and the
stones were polished shiny
but always on the other side

His mind was cluttered very much
like an overlapping season to mess
his thinking process

He had no recourse but to proceed
There was nothing to be cautious
about but to weave in and out
between the branches

Hopefully the psychic disconnect
could be resolved and the strange
yellowish hues could be green again.

Note: MLMM's choose a title to construct a poem
around it  -  title chosen: Whispers in the Willow Trees

Brenda's Sunday Whirl Wordle #301
MLMM's Writing Prompt #209
- It's All in the Title
Kerry's at PU's - the tuesday platform

10 comments:

  1. "Some workable solutions
    seemed to have seeped through
    But like the bent branches some
    crimped back from the efforts
    and they snapped"

    The snap was alarming, but when later he saw to continue as the resolve that was heart-warming. Though I think, this story is an unfinished tale

    Have a nice Tuesday Hank

    much love...

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  2. Have to push on through and hope reality snaps back in

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  3. Whispers hot and cold, are enough for me...thanks for your write.

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  4. Such a strong metaphoric comparison used in a very meaningful way, Hank.

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  5. Like the way the metaphor works!

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  6. Love the injection of hope in the end...

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  7. I agree with Kerry this was a very powerful piece Hank and gorgeously written. A definite favorite!

    mlm

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  8. Love the powerful use of metaphor here, Hank!

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  9. It's hard to plod on like that... but maybe in the end it would work

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  10. Ahhh... so lush the greens and damp the leaves. This is really great.

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